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Messel Pit

The Messel Pit is a fossil preservation site in Hesse, central Germany, dated to the Eocene epoch (about 47 Ma). The fossil-bearing rock unit is a geologic formation named the Messel Formation; its geographic range is restricted to the Messel pit. There, the formation unconformably overlies crystalline Variscan basement and its Permian cover (Rotliegend)…

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Country
Germany
Named for
Messel
Overlies
Rotliegend
Region
Hesse
Thickness
around 200 metres (660 ft)
Type
Formation

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Messel pit

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Messel Pit

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related to Further reading · 82
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related to Messel pit · 18
Messel Pit → After, Because, Bituminous, December, Eocene, Frankfurt, German, Germany, Grube Messel, Hesse, Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg, Main, Messel, Messel Formation, Over, Significant, The Messel, UNESCO World Heritage Site
related to Depositional characteristics · 13
Messel Pit → Combined, Early Eocene Climatic Optimum, Eocene, Eocene Epoch, Its, Konservat-Lagerstätte, Messel, Oil, Overturn, Paleogene Period, The, The Messel, This
related to Volcanic gas releases · 13
Messel Pit → Cameroon, During, Eocene, Jens Franzen, Koenigswald, Lake Nyos, Messel, Other, Periodic, Some, The, This, Wighart
related to IUGS geological heritage site · 9
Messel Pit → Describing, Eocene, Geological Sciences, International Union, IUGS, IUGS Geological Heritage Site, Messel Pit Fossil Site, October, The
related to Fossils · 7
Messel Pit → Geiseltalian, Messel, Most, Ophiocordyceps, The, The Messel Pit, Unusual
Country · 1
Messel Pit → Germany
Named for · 1
Messel Pit → Messel
Overlies · 1
Messel Pit → Rotliegend
Region · 1
Messel Pit → Hesse

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messel pit eocene site fossils formation lake preservation isbn oclc shale germany species volcanic heritage 47 fossil oil geological ma

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Messel PitCountryGermany1.00infobox
Messel PitNamed forMessel1.00infobox
Messel PitOverliesRotliegend1.00infobox
Messel PitRegionHesse1.00infobox
Messel PitThicknessaround 200 metres (660 ft)1.00infobox
Messel PitTypeFormation1.00infobox
Messel PitUnderliesEocene volcanic breccias1.00infobox
Messel Pitis afossil preservation site in Hesse0.90text
Messel Pitrelated to Depositional characteristicsThe0.60section
Messel Pitrelated to Depositional characteristicsMessel0.60section
Messel Pitrelated to Depositional characteristicsEocene0.60section
Messel Pitrelated to Depositional characteristicsEarly Eocene Climatic Optimum0.60section

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